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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS P. BRAY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID H. FANNING,OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON-HOLE STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,544, dated February18, 1890.

Application filed December 9, 1889. Serial No. 333,076. (No model.)

To all w/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS P. BRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Hole Strips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to button-hole strips, and has for its object to doaway with the binding along the edges of the button-hole, and at thesame time to produce a strong and 'serviceable button-hole.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a plan of my button-hole stripprior to the formation of the button-holes; Fig. 2, a longitudinalsection thereof; Fig. 3, a plan showing the strip with the button-holescut therein, and Fig. 4 a similar view of such strip with an edge-binderstitched thereto; Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing thenonraveling material extending the length of the strip. Figs. 6, 7, S,and 9 are views similar, respectively, to Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, butshowing particularly the manner of making button-hole strips inaccordance with my invention, wherein the button-holes extend verticallyinstead of horizontally.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of thedrawings.

A are short sections of cloth, which are stitched 'to a section B, offelt or other nonraveling material, in such manner that the ends of suchsections A are in close proximity. This constitutes a strip-blank, thefacing of which is cloth, while the backing at those points where theends of said cloth approach each other is a non-raveling material.

An under series of sections C, coincident with the sections A, as shownat Fig. 2, may or may not be stitched beneath the non-raveling backing7and I do not wish to be limited in this respect, since my inventionobviously comprehends both constructions, 1t being a mere matter oftaste whether the facing-strips are duplicated below the non-ravelingmaterial or not. The button-holes D are cut within the section B,between the ends of adjacent sections A, as shown at Fig. 3, and acontinuous binder E is then stitched along one edge of the strip andacross the adjacenhends of the buttonholes to constitute a common bar tosaid ends. By spreading the ends of the sections A farther apart, asshown at Figs. 6 and 7, I am enabled to cut the button-holeslongitudinally of the strips, as shown at Fig. 8, the continuous binderbeing stitched along one edge of this strip, so as to constitute afacing along one side of the button-holes, as shown at Fig. 9. A stripformed as shown at Fig. 9 is very serviceable for insertion within therear vertical edges of a corset, the button-holes taking the place ofthe usual eyelets for lacing purposes.

If desired, the non-raveling material may be used in a continuouslength, as shown at Fig. 5; but this is not necessary, and I have shownsuch strip merely as a variation in color and not in substance.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described button-hole strip, consisting of sections of feltor other non-raveling material having the button-holes cut therein, andcloth facing-sections secured thereon with their adjacent ends in closeproximity to the sides of the button-hole, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MORRIS P. BRAY.

Witnesses.:

J. P. FINCII, F. W. SMITH, J r.

